You are sure to know of antonyms and synonyms, but do you know of eponyms. Boycott and Fahrenheit are examples of eponyms. The words were derived from or based on a person's name.
Did you see the recent article in Nature titled 'Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature'? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02022-y
'Easy-breezy' is a word in the dictionary - a word that has a hyphen. I recall that it was used in ads for CoverGirl, but it is reported to be a word not used much in written English (see below). It is the word for today.
I would like to think that my difference is an easy-breezy style for sharing information some of which may be complex (I make it easy to digest and sometimes simplify). This reminds me of radio stations that play 'easy listening' music (stations such as 97.1 WashFM in the DC area). An example of a song that is 'easy listening' is 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley.
Is there a need to think through everything you are told? Is there a place for 'taking things at face value' ?
In my opinion, people and places are a lot more complicated. A simple example is my name. Fahmeena Odetta Moore seems Indian or even Muslim but I am neither Indian nor Muslim. I am Black - I wear braids in my hair sometimes. I am from a country, though, where there is much mixing of the 6 races. I have eyes that look a little Chinese.
Definition - Taking things at face value: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/take-something-at-face-value
A previous post on whether I am Indian: https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2022/10/not-indian.html
I associate some words with Guyana. I have not heard them since leaving the country. One of them is stanza. Another is invoke. In Guyana, the word hot is complicated. Hot is not only related to heat (being hot because the temperature is hot). A child could be "hot" because of the way they behave. I recall a woman telling her daughter that she is "lil and hot."
The word for today is: evince.
Evince means to display clearly, to reveal (from: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evince)
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I like the explanations provided with the definition of the word, especially the first section showing the synonyms. There are many synonyms (such as show, manifest, and evidence) that all mean 'to reveal outwardly or make apparent.' However, there are slight variations in the meanings.
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Here is an interesting article on the history revealed (but not evinced - since there are no outward marks or signs) from an archaeological study/research:
Hidden history of Rome revealed under world's first cathedral
[Research beneath the Archbasilica of St John Lateran reveals appearance of world's first cathedral and the remarkable transformations that preceded its construction.]
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/820418
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The first word for this week is: perspicacious
(adopted from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day September 21, 2022)
Perspicacious means having the ability to see and discern details that others may miss (from things that are difficult or not obvious). An example is a perspicacious judge of character.
Some things are easy to discern, such as the close resemblance between two individuals. For example, there was a close resemblance between a teacher at my high school and Rambo. We called him Rambo.
Facial recognition and face matching could be complicated, however. There are many issues in matching one face to another. Here is an article on training courses to improve the performance of professionals who match faces, known as facial reviewers and facial examiners.
An international survey of applied face-matching training courses
Reuben Moreton, Catriona Havard, Ailsa Strathie, Graham Pike
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037907382100267X
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This morning, I learned of the passing of a cousin in Guyana. I may be traveling soon for her funeral. R.I.P. Sonia.
One of yesterday's posts highlighted words that were created/formed by combining two words. Culturability and Amerindian.
The combined word is called a portmanteau of the two words (Amerindian is a portmanteau of "American Indian").
The word for today is: AGGLUTINATE, a word used in Biology.
One definition of the word is: to unite or combine into a group.
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agglutination
I also found a more complicated definition:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/agglutination-grammar.
This definition explains that words can be formed by agglutination.
Here is an interesting tidbit:
Word Combiner is a web tool that allows a user to combine up to 4 words to create a unique new one. It can be used to create passwords.
Link: https://www.wordunscramble.io/word-combiner
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I decided to use the blog to learn 2 new words each week. Everyone wants to build vocabulary!
The word for today (first word of the week) is: mixed-handedness, which is related to the word ambidextrous.
I discovered today that ambidextrous means EQUAL use of the hands or ability to use the left hand and right hand equally well, which is not the same as the use of different hands for different tasks, which is mixed-handedness. So there are people who are right-handed, left-handed (lefties), mixed-handed, and ambidextrous.
It is unclear why mixed-handed people choose one hand over the other for tasks. Maybe it is because of habit or training.
The definition of ambidextrous from Cambridge Dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ambidextrous
And here is an interesting article on handedness:
Is handedness determined by genetics?
MedlinePlus.gov
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/handedness/
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